Catch the soft glow of earthshine as a young crescent moon appears low after sunset.

NASA recently announced that it’s targeting April 1 for the launch of its highly anticipated lunar-bound mission, Artemis II. Inside the Orion spacecraft lifted to space by the powerful SLS rocket will be NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,

A “red alert” involving the private Blue Ghost mission in lunar orbit a year ago highlights a growing number of incidents above Earth’s neighbor.

As NASA gears up for the launch of Artemis 2, the agency is revising its moon landing strategy, aiming to make future missions more achievable and sustainable.

The buzz is building for NASA’s Artemis II mission that will send four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon. The highly anticipated endeavor will be the first crewed moon-bound flight since the final Apollo mission way back in 1972. The four ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. This month, NASA is aiming to launch four astronauts atop a 32-story ...

From astronauts circling the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for space exploration. Governments and private companies alike are preparing missions that could redefine how humans live ...

A full moon is seen shining over NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early hours of February 1, 2026. For 53 years, since the end of the Apollo program, humans have only felt the pull of the Earth's gravity.

Four uncrewed lunar lander missions are set for 2026, paving the way for NASA's Artemis program to return humans to the moon.